全新版大学英语第二版综合教程unit1课件
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全新版大学英语 综合教程 第二册 Unit1
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册 Unit1 -5 词汇,翻译复习Unit 1 P14-151、 To use the machine, first _____the correct coins, then select the drink you want and press the button.如何使用这种自动售货机,首先要真确插入硬币,然后选则你要的饮料,最后按下按钮。
2、 Professor Smith translated not only from the French but also, ______, from the Polish.Smith教授不仅仅翻译法语,有时候,他也会翻译波兰语。
3、 Food chemists will______ the health food on sale to see if it really does give the benefits claimed.食物学家们将要调查研究市面上出售的保健视频, 来看看是否他们真正含有他们宣传所宣称拥有的营养。
4、_______,itwas the wrong time to open a new data processiong center in this city.回顾往昔,在那个时候在这个城市创立一个新的数据处理中心是个错误的时机。
5、 My ______reaction to the news was relief, but as I thought more about it I began to feel angry.听到这则消息,我起初的反应是放松,不过当我再去想它时,我开始感到气愤了。
6、 A full understanding of mathematics is sufficient to explain a wide variety of natural______ .充分掌握数学,就可以充分解释各种各样的自然界的现象。
新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第1册Unit1.ppt
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2. Whenever you think about college life, what are some of the things that come to mind? Following the examples given, make a list of such things in the following table. Share your answers with your group members and comment on each of the items you have listed as you go along.
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Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
1. You may have imagined what college life would be like before you became a college student. Has it turned out to be what you expected? Provide examples in support of your answers.
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3. Any Chinese staff member nearby would come over to watch Benjamin and noting his lack of initial success, attempt to assist. (para.4)
Difficult sentences
5. What is the attitude of the hotel staff toward Benjamin’s efforts?
( They held his hand and taught him how to insert the
key correctly )
Scanning
Scan paragraphs1-5 and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Unit1
Ways of Learning
A Practical Experiment
Two children are given hula hoops, a toy they are unfamiliar with.
The girl is given a hula hoop with instructions on how to use it.
1. elementary school 2. the most telling lessons 3. be attached to... 4. shake it vigorously 5. tender age 6. be not bothered in the least 7. find one’s way 8. harmless exploratory behavior 9. interesting phenomenon 10. lack of initial success
Difficult sentences
5. What is the attitude of the hotel staff toward Benjamin’s efforts?
( They held his hand and taught him how to insert the
key correctly )
Scanning
Scan paragraphs1-5 and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Unit1
Ways of Learning
A Practical Experiment
Two children are given hula hoops, a toy they are unfamiliar with.
The girl is given a hula hoop with instructions on how to use it.
1. elementary school 2. the most telling lessons 3. be attached to... 4. shake it vigorously 5. tender age 6. be not bothered in the least 7. find one’s way 8. harmless exploratory behavior 9. interesting phenomenon 10. lack of initial success
全新版大学英语第二版unit1
neglect: vt. give too little attention or care to neglect one’s meals and sleep 离开时别忘了锁门。 Don’t neglect to lock the door when you leave. CF: neglect, ignore & omit 这几个词都有忽略、遗漏之意。 neglect 指对职责、义务或应做的事没有给予足够的注 意。这种忘记可能是有意的，也可能是无意的。例如： Those who neglect their duties should be punished. 玩忽职守者应受惩罚。 Why do they always neglect the traffic regulation. 他们为什么老是不注意遵守交examine广泛，指对某人或某物 进行检查、查问，带有揭示其差异或缺陷的意思。 更常指官员们的视察以发现下属单位的缺点等，还 指检阅军队。例如：
The firemen were inspecting the warehouse for potential fire hazards. 消防人员正在检查仓库以防火灾。 Every length of cloth is inspected before it leaves the factory. 出厂之前每寸布匹都检查过。
Be patient. You’ll get your promotion in due course.
Your book will be published in due course.
critical: adj. 1. very important
A second income is critical to the family’s well-being. 接下来的两个礼拜对于公司来说是至关重要的。 The next two weeks will be critical for the company.
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Benjamin loved to carry the key around, shaking it vigorously. He also liked to try to place it into the slot. Because of his tender age and incomplete understanding of the need to position the key just so, he would usually fail. Benjamin was not bothered in the least. He probably got as much pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he did those few times when the key actually found its way into the slot. Now both Ellen and I were perfectly happy to allow Benjamin to bang the key near the key slot. His exploratory behavior seemed harmless enough. But I soon observed an interesting phenomenon. Any Chinese staff member nearby would come over to watch Benjamin and, noting his lack of initial success, attempt to assist. He or she would hold onto Benjamin's hand and, gently but firmly, guide it directly toward the slot, reposition it as necessary, and help him to insert it. The "teacher" would then smile somewhat expectantly at Ellen or me, as if awaiting a thank you — and on occasion would frown slightly, as if considering us to be neglecting our parental duties. I soon realized that this incident was directly relevant to our assigned tasks in China: to investigate the ways of early childhood education (especially in the arts), and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity. And so before long I began to introduce the key-slot anecdote into my discussions with Chinesoward Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West. LEARNING, CHINESE-STYLE Howard Gardner For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing. The key to our room was attached to a large plastic block with the room number on it. When leaving the hotel, a guest was encouraged to turn in the key, either by handing it to an attendant or by dropping it through a slot into a box. Because the key slot was narrow, the key had to be positioned carefully to fit into it.
Benjamin loved to carry the key around, shaking it vigorously. He also liked to try to place it into the slot. Because of his tender age and incomplete understanding of the need to position the key just so, he would usually fail. Benjamin was not bothered in the least. He probably got as much pleasure out of the sounds the key made as he did those few times when the key actually found its way into the slot. Now both Ellen and I were perfectly happy to allow Benjamin to bang the key near the key slot. His exploratory behavior seemed harmless enough. But I soon observed an interesting phenomenon. Any Chinese staff member nearby would come over to watch Benjamin and, noting his lack of initial success, attempt to assist. He or she would hold onto Benjamin's hand and, gently but firmly, guide it directly toward the slot, reposition it as necessary, and help him to insert it. The "teacher" would then smile somewhat expectantly at Ellen or me, as if awaiting a thank you — and on occasion would frown slightly, as if considering us to be neglecting our parental duties. I soon realized that this incident was directly relevant to our assigned tasks in China: to investigate the ways of early childhood education (especially in the arts), and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity. And so before long I began to introduce the key-slot anecdote into my discussions with Chinesoward Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard University, reflects on a visit to China and gives his thoughts on different approaches to learning in China and the West. LEARNING, CHINESE-STYLE Howard Gardner For a month in the spring of 1987, my wife Ellen and I lived in the bustling eastern Chinese city of Nanjing with our 18-month-old son Benjamin while studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary schools. But one of the most telling lessons Ellen and I got in the difference between Chinese and American ideas of education came not in the classroom but in the lobby of the Jinling Hotel where we stayed in Nanjing. The key to our room was attached to a large plastic block with the room number on it. When leaving the hotel, a guest was encouraged to turn in the key, either by handing it to an attendant or by dropping it through a slot into a box. Because the key slot was narrow, the key had to be positioned carefully to fit into it.
全新版大学英语_第二版_综合教程1_Unit1_电子教案
Liverpool
CynthiBE
Yoko
Mark Chapman
Beautiful Boy
Questions about the Song and the Texts 1. In your opinion, what is the song Beautiful Boy going
EnglishSong—BeautifulBoy Spaghetti TheAmericanEducationalSystem
English Song — Beautiful Boy
John Lennon 1. A Brief Introduction to John Lennon 2. Questions about John Lennon 3. Chronology of John Lennon
Definition
Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Unlike some Chinese noodles, it is not served in soup and will never taste pulpy (软乎乎、没有嚼劲的).
Chronology of John Lennon
— October 9, 1940 Born John Winston Lennon, in Liverpool, England.
— September 1957 Enrolled at Liverpool College of Art.
— August 23, 1962 Married college girlfriend Cynthia Powell (divorced 1968).
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册第二版课件Unit1
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The American Educational System
Detailed Reading The U.S. Grade School System
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Listen and Practice Read the words given below and then listen to the passage. After listening to the passage, one student is required to come upDetailed Reading the right way of eating and show spaghetti before the class. poke 戳 scoop 挖 prong 尖头 remainder 剩余物 twirl 快速转动
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A Brief Introduction to John Lennon John Lennon (1940~1980) was an English rock Detailed Reading musician and cofounder of The Beatles, the most lauded and influential rock group of all time.
全新版大学英语综合教程1(第二版)
Unit 1 Writing For MyselfSuddenly I wanted to write about that, about the warmth and good feeling of it, but I wanted to put it down simply for my own joy, not for Mr. Fleagle. It was a moment I wanted to recapture and hold for myself. I want to relieve the pleasure of that evening. To write it as I wanted, however, would violate all the rules of formal composition I’d learned in school, and Mr. Fleagle would surely give it and failing grade. Never mind. I would write something else for Mr. Fleagle after I had written this thing for myself.Unit 2 All The Cabbie Had Was A Letter “This isn’t family,”he replied. “Although,” he went on, “come to think of it, it might just as well have been family. Old Ed was my old friend. In fact, we used to call each other‘Old friend’—when we’d meet, that is. I’m not much of a hand at writing.”“I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence too well,” I said. “I know I don’t. But I take it he’s someone you’ve known quite a while?”“ All my life, practically. We were kids together, so we go way back.”“Went to school together?”“All the way through high school. We were in the same class, in fact, through both grade and high school.”“There are not too many people who have had such a long friendship,” I said.Unit 3 Public Attitude Toward Science Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn’t put the clock back to an earlier age. Knowledge and technique can’t just be forgotten. Nor can one prevent further advances in the future. Even if all government money for research were cut off (and present government is doing its best), the force of competition would still bring about advance in technology. Moreover, one cannot stop inquiring minds from thinking about basic science, whether or not they are paid for it. The only way to prevent further developments would be a global state that suppressed anything new, and human initiative and inventiveness are such that wouldn’t succeed. All it would doing is slow down the rate of change.Unit 4 Tony Trivisonno's American DreamAfter he passed away ,I thought more and more about Tony’s career .He grew in stature in my mind .In the end ,I think he stood as tall ,and as proud ,as the greatest American industrialists.They had all reached their success by the same route and by the same values and principles :vision ,determination ,self-contr ol ,optimism ,selfrespectand ,above all ,integrity .Tony did not begin on the bottom rung of the ladder .He began in the basement .Tony’s affairs were tiny ;the greatest industrialists’affairs were giant .But ,after all ,the balance sheets were exactly the same .The only difference was where you put the decimal point.Unit 5 The Company ManAt the funeral, the sixty-year-old company president told the forty-eight-year-old window that the fifty-one-year-old deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would hard to replace. The window didn’t look him in the eye. She was afraid he would read her bitterness and ,after all ,she would need him to straighten out the finances---the stock options and all that.Phil was overweight and nervous and worked too hard. If he wasn’t at the office ,he was worried about it. Phile was a Type A ,a heart-attack natural. You could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup.。
Unit 1 全新版大学英语综合教程1
I expected that things wouldn’t improve with Mr. Fleagle as our English teacher, and for a long time I was right in my expectations.
Irony
distribute a homework sheet with a choice of topics for writing
03 Detailed Reading After Reading 04
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Q1: Who is the author? Do you know anything about the author?
Russell Baker
• Russell Baker: American Pulitzer prize据说某人（怎样）… • 拘谨、刻板、跟不上时代 • 尖下巴 • 直鼻梁 • 穿套装 • 戴眼镜 • 说话的方式
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Para. 3 I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr. Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed.
• wavy hair • suits
Selecting details
• neckties
• pointed jaw
• straight nose
• manner of speaking
Para. 2 To me he looked sixty or seventy and
excessively prim. He wore reppreimtiltyionsevere eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique.
Irony
distribute a homework sheet with a choice of topics for writing
03 Detailed Reading After Reading 04
01 Before Reading
Q1: Who is the author? Do you know anything about the author?
Russell Baker
• Russell Baker: American Pulitzer prize据说某人（怎样）… • 拘谨、刻板、跟不上时代 • 尖下巴 • 直鼻梁 • 穿套装 • 戴眼镜 • 说话的方式
Part II
Para. 3 I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr. Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed.
• wavy hair • suits
Selecting details
• neckties
• pointed jaw
• straight nose
• manner of speaking
Para. 2 To me he looked sixty or seventy and
excessively prim. He wore reppreimtiltyionsevere eyeglasses, his wavy hair was primly cut and primly combed. He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts. He had a primly pointed jaw, a primly straight nose, and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct, so gentlemanly, that he seemed a comic antique.
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程Unit 1 Language study
kind—kindness happy--happiness
3. take hold: become established
The idea of one child only has taken hold in many Chinese families.
【Attention】take hold 为不及物词组，后面不能加宾语，而take hold of意为“抓住，得到”。
There is no possibility of his coming. 他不可能来。
【Suffix】-ity, -ness meaning state, quality, etc. , added to adjectives,
e.g. possibility—possible able—ability pure—purity
4. bore : make (sb.) feel tired and lose interest
【Examples】The play bored us. 这出戏剧令我们感到厌烦。
I'm bored with this job. 我对这件工作厌烦了。
【Collocation】bore sb. to death/ tears 令某人极度厌烦
anticipation n.预期, 预料
2.tedious: boring and lasting for a long time
a tedious story冗长乏味的故事
tedious work乏味的工作
【Synonym】boring, monotonous, tedious, irksome, tiresome, humdrum.
These adjectives refer to what is so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness.
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程1Unit3电子教案第2版综合教程一
Today: Mental illness can be treated with a range of therapies (治疗) and medications. We know a great deal about the chemistry and the parts of the brain thoughts.
FASTER, CLOSER, BETTER — Technology
1900: The only way to view the Olympic Games in Paris is in person. News about the Games travels to America via (通过) telegraph and is printed in newspapers.
ORIGINS — Earth and Life Science
1900: There is no good explanation for catastrophic events such as earthquakes. The Earth is thought to be a mere 50 million years old, and the evolution of species is hotly debated.
1900:
Astronomy
The Milky Way galaxy (星系)
(including some unexplained nebular
clouds (星云)) is the known universe.
Newton’s laws explain the physical
world. Matter is composed of atoms.
全新版大学英语1第二版课件Unit1PPT课件
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Detailed Reading
This paper mainly introduces the design of an intelligent temperature control system which realizes the function of temperature measurement and control by using single bus digital temperature sensor DS18B20 and single chip microcomputer. The core components of the system are AT89C51 microcontroller and DS18B20 temperature sensor.
— September 1957 Detailed Reading Enrolled at Liverpool College of Art.
— August 23, 1962 Married college girlfriend Cynthia Powell (divorced 1968).
— February 19, 1963 Please Please Me reached Number One in the U.K. charts.
Questions about the Song and the Texts
This paper mainly introduces the design of an intelligent temperature control system which realizes the function of temperature measurement and control by using single bus digital temperature sensor DS18B20 and single chip microcomputer. The core components of the system are AT89C51 microcontroller and DS18B20 temperature sensor.
Detailed Reading
This paper mainly introduces the design of an intelligent temperature control system which realizes the function of temperature measurement and control by using single bus digital temperature sensor DS18B20 and single chip microcomputer. The core components of the system are AT89C51 microcontroller and DS18B20 temperature sensor.
— September 1957 Detailed Reading Enrolled at Liverpool College of Art.
— August 23, 1962 Married college girlfriend Cynthia Powell (divorced 1968).
— February 19, 1963 Please Please Me reached Number One in the U.K. charts.
Questions about the Song and the Texts
This paper mainly introduces the design of an intelligent temperature control system which realizes the function of temperature measurement and control by using single bus digital temperature sensor DS18B20 and single chip microcomputer. The core components of the system are AT89C51 microcontroller and DS18B20 temperature sensor.
新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第1册Unit1.ppt
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Watch the following video clip “How to Select Your College Major”, and then complete the tasks that follow:
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Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
1. You may have imagined what college life would be like before you became a college student. Has it turned out to be what you expected? Provide examples in support of your answers.
College Life assignments deadlines …
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3. How do you like your college life so far? Give examples.
the amount of work that a person or machine is expected to do in a particular period of time 人或机器在一定时期的工作量，工 作负担
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程3课件unit 1
• Do you realize the relationship between the topic sentence and the rest of the paragraph? • Support details
• Happy Moments and Events: • 1. growing nearly all their fruits and vegetables (Pa 2.) • 2. canoeing, picnicking, long bicycle rides, etc (Pa 3.)
• The author’s family expenses are: • Mortgage payments + insurance + IRA
Discussion
• 1.What’s your own expense on campus? • 2.Do you have some good idea to cut down your expenses without lowing your living standard on campus?
Buying Insurance
People face many choices when buying insurance policies. They commonly choose an insurance provider based on several criteria. Some of the most important of these include: 1) the financial stability of the insurance company, 2) the price of policies, and 3) details of coverage and service.
全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程1 Unit6课件
Primate Shell Game Sometimes evidence of intelligence can be seen in attempts to deceive. Zoo keeper Helen Shewman of Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo recalls that one day she dropped an orange through a feeding hole for Melati, an orangutan. Instead of moving away to get it, Melati looked Shewman in the eye and held out her hand. Thinking the orange must have rolled off somewhere inaccessible, Shewman gave her another one. But when Melati moved off, Shewman noticed the original orange was hidden in her other hand. Towan, the colony's dominant male, watched this whole trick, and the next day he, too, looked Shewman in the eye and pretended that he had not yet received an orange. "Are you sure you don't have one?" Shewman asked. He continued to hold her gaze steadily and held out his hand. Giving in, she gave him another one, then saw that he had been hiding his orange underneath his foot. What is intelligence anyway? If life is about survival of a species — and intelligence is meant to serve that survival — then we can't compare with pea-brained sea turtles, which were here long before us and survived the disaster that wiped out the dinosaurs. Still, it is comforting to realize that other species besides our own can stand back and assess the world around them, even if their horizons are more limited than ours. (928 words)
全新版大学英语综合教程第一册课件(完整版)
"Now, boys," he said. "I want to read you an essay. This is titled, 'The Art of Eating Spaghetti.'" And he started to read. My words! He was reading my words out loud to the entire class. What's more, the entire class was listening. Listening attentively. Then somebody laughed, then the entire class was laughing, and not in contempt and ridicule, but with open-hearted enjoyment. Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile. I did my best to avoid showing pleasure, but what I was feeling was pure delight at this demonstration that my words had the power to make people laugh. In the eleventh grade, at the eleventh hour as it were, I had discovered a calling. It was the happiest moment of my entire school career. When Mr. Fleagle finished he put the final seal on my happiness by saying, "Now that, boys, is an essay, don't you see. It's — don't you see — it's of the very essence of the essay, don't you see. Congratulations, Mr. Baker." (797 words)
(全新版)大学英语综合教程第一册.ppt
• 2) As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze off and on in a bedside chair.
• possibility: state of being possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. followed by that-clause or of)
• 3. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the
Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It's impolite to suck.
• II. Language Study
• 1. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.: Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didn't make up my mind until I was in my third year in high school.
• possibility: state of being possible; (degree of) likelihood (usu. followed by that-clause or of)
• 3. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the
Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It's impolite to suck.
• II. Language Study
• 1. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.: Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didn't make up my mind until I was in my third year in high school.
全新版大学英语2第二版Unit1 ways of learning
prefix:
re-: again replay recall
rearrange reappear
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await: vt. wait for (para4)
– He was anxiously awaiting her reply. – He has long awaited this moment.
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• neglect: vt. give too little attention or care to (para4) 疏忽，忽略；忘记 – 离开时别忘了锁门。 – Don’t neglect to lock the door when you leave.
• CF: await vs. wait • 两个词都是动词，又都有“期待”、“等 候”之意，但用法有所不同
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1) await是及物动词，后面直接接宾语； wait虽然也可用作及物动词，但在现代英语中， 一般作不及物动词用，与for，to，till，until等 词连用。 2)await的宾语大都是抽象名词，如：decision， reply，arrival，announcement，return等； wait for的宾语一般是人或事物。
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Main Idea: 1. What does the text talk about? Two different ways of learning. 2. Why do you think the author wrote this article? To call on experts to find a balance between the two extremes. →Text organization, p11
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Part One : Background Information
Nowadays most children go to school but few of them have ever asked themselves why they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, mathematics, geography, history, science and a few other subjects. But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?
Lesson One
Growing Up
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Writing For Myself
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Part One : Background Information
Actually children go to school to prepare themselves for the time when they will grow up and will have to support themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their lives, but there is one more important reason why children go to school.
Part One : Background Information
There is more to education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. Therefore, children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to learn how to learn.
15. tackle : deal with We should work together to ~ this hard task. With the help of the computers now, people can ~ many difficult problems easily. 16. due : expected to arrive or happen; to be paid or returned The next train is ~ to arrive at 4 p.m. I’ll go and pay the bill at once. It is ~ today. 17. face up to : be brave enough to accept The children should be taught to ~ the responsibilities. 18. image : a picture formed in the mind An ~ of a nice girl came to my mind when I heard her pleasant voice on the phone. This newly-established company has done a lot to improve its public ~
8. anticipate : expect ( +n. / +that / +v+ing ) Modern society is in constant development. We should ~ changes and make timely adjustment. We ~ed that the enemy would cross the river and so we destroyed the bridge. I ~ hearing from you again. Cf expect ( +n. / +that / +to do ) I’m ~ing a letter. We had not ~ed that Tom turned up at the party. Little John ~ed to travel during the Spring Festival. 9. tedious : boring and lasting for a long time Children like short and interesting stories rather than ~ ones. Mike is so ~ that he hasn’t many friends. 10. reputation : opinion about sth. or sb. held by others The manager’s deadly mistake almost ruined his high ~ among employees. Charles Chaplin had quite a ~ for being comic.
Part Four Language Points
1. off and on ( = on and off ): from time to time It has been raining ~ during the Spring Festival, which totally changed our original plan. Mother had to get up ~ every night to take care of her baby. 2. possibility : state of being possible; likelihood (of) Is there any ~ of defeating our opponents? (that) Experts are considering the ~ that the experiment will be made within two hours. 3. take hold : become established The idea of going abroad has taken hold among many young people. Only when good study habit ~ can you improve your grades.
4. bore : make sb. feel tired or lose interest The secretary becomes ~d by her routine job. 5. associate with : join or connect together Children often associate New Year with beautiful clothes and delicious food. We can hardly associate this decent man with that poor and dirty boy 25 years ago. 6. turn out : produce; prove With the help of the young efficiency expert, the factory can ~ cars 2 times more than last year. All the people regarded Tom as a hero, but he ~ to be a thief. 7. assign : to give as a share or duty I’ve been ~ed to do a difficult task. The management ~ed him to a new post. This house has been ~ed to the new comers.
11. inspire : to fill with confidence, eagerness, etc. The teacher’s short but powerful words ~ed all the students to study harder. Many people’s care and help ~ed the dying patient with courage to live on. George’s inspiring speech made us take action at once. 12. rigid : fixed in behavior, views and methods; strict Most of the students don’t like their ~ and impatient teacher. You are too ~ about things to have people like you. 13. out of date : old-fashioned New-style clothes this year may go ~ next year. 14. severe : completely plain; strict I like reading novels of ~ writing style. Nowadays, the young prefer to wear ~ clothes, but the old like to wear colorful ones.